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Star Merchant

SimProse Studios · Conglomerate 5 · 2017-03-07

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke!

Star Merchant is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 184 reviews).

0
playing now
65%
positive of 184 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 29,183 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.6k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 184 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-12-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 14 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520172026Week of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2302026-09-15 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 23 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 20 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1120Mar 2017Aug 2026Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2017 — avg 19 · peak 404Jul 2017 — avg 40 · peak 571Sep 2017 — avg 83 · peak 763Nov 2017 — avg 7 · peak 56Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 16Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 9Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 9Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 16May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2021 — avg 20 · peak 88Oct 2021 — avg 9 · peak 92Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 70Mar 2022 — avg 15 · peak 241May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 197Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 190Oct 2022 — avg 33 · peak 428Dec 2022 — avg 21 · peak 533Feb 2023 — avg 93 · peak 1,196Apr 2023 — avg 53 · peak 1,653Jun 2023 — avg 13 · peak 344Aug 2023 — avg 71 · peak 251Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 86Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 60Apr 2024 — avg 24 · peak 230Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 197Aug 2024 — avg 35 · peak 449May 2025 — avg 30 · peak 298Sep 2025 — avg 14 · peak 378Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 197
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.282017-03-082026-07-272017-03-08 — best price $2.692017-10-26 — best price $0.592018-01-04 — best price $1.992018-06-22 — best price $0.792018-11-01 — best price $1.992019-06-25 — best price $0.792019-12-03 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $1.192021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-03-15 — best price $0.542021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.542021-12-20 — best price $0.992022-03-21 — best price $0.542022-06-06 — best price $0.992022-10-17 — best price $0.492023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-27 — best price $0.282023-06-26 — best price $0.992023-09-14 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-02-26 — best price $0.492024-04-29 — best price $0.992024-08-05 — best price $0.492024-11-18 — best price $0.992025-01-20 — best price $0.492025-04-28 — best price $0.992025-08-04 — best price $0.492025-10-06 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-16 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieSpaceCasualSci-fiAbstractStrategyManagementSimulationResource ManagementTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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